A new study from Dr Joshua Bell, an epidemiologist at the University of Bristol et al., supports body mass index (BMI) as a useful tool for assessing obesity and health. A simple measure based on weight and height, BMI is […]

A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health offers insights from a cohort study of women in the U.S. who reported consuming a Mediterranean-type diet. Researchers […]

Sophia Antipolis, 11 December 2018: Women are being urged to call an ambulance immediately if they have heart attack symptoms, following research showing they wait longer than men to get help. The study is published today in European Heart Journal: […]

A new study published in Circulation showed that fish oil — which contains the omega-3s EPA and DHA — did not increase perioperative bleeding in surgery patients. In fact, higher blood omega-3 levels were associated with lower risk of bleeding. […]

Milan, Italy – 6 December 2018: Performance on an exercise test predicts the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other causes, reports a study presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2018.1 Good performance on the test equates to climbing three […]

Breast cancer patients who take a heart drug at the same time as trastuzumab (Herceptin, Roche) have less heart damage, according to a study presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2018. “Heart damage is a major side effect of the breast cancer […]

Atherosclerotic disease, is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, responsible for more than 15 million deaths each year, including an estimated 610,000 people in the United States.Now, researchers may know one more reason why some people are more prone to […]

Depressed people have an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, according to a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) journal.1 Medication was not responsible for the high frequency of atrial fibrillation […]

A drug therapy used for patients with chronic heart failure also improves markers of poor prognosis in individuals who are hospitalized with acute heart failure, new Yale-led research shows. The findings suggest that the drug can improve outcomes for acutely […]